When the White House Office of Management and Budget released an outline of President Trump’s budget request for 2018, it proposed a cut of more than one-third to the budgets of the State Department and USAID. There’s been a lot of talk from elected officials, military officials, and faith leaders about why that’s not a good idea. But what exactly is foreign aid? There are a lot of misconceptions swirling around, so we decided to put together some noteworthy facts...
Aid and Development
With the force of nearly 2 million ONE members in the U.S., ONE Vote ’16 set out to educate and mobilize voters to ensure that the next president and Congress would be committed to using the United States’ strategic power to help end extreme poverty and create a safer and more stable world.
We knew the next president and Congress would take office at a critical time when there are effective and affordable solutions available that save lives: providing AIDS...
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is a little-known but critical part of America’s poverty-fighting apparatus. During the closing days of the Obama Administration, I spoke with the agency’s outgoing chief executive officer, Dana J. Hyde, about her time at MCC and the future of the United States’ poverty-fighting work in Africa.
The Millennium Challenge Corporation is not like any other federal department or agency. Can you explain what MCC is, what it does, and how it fits into the United...
With President Barack Obama’s last full day in office drawing near, we wanted to take a look back at the times he — and First Lady Michelle Obama — were key figures in the fight against poverty and preventable disease. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) The Electrify Africa Act is signed into law The president helped 15 million more people get access to electricity with Power Africa and signed the Electrify Africa Act to continue...
With Inauguration Day coming up, let’s take a look back at a few inspirational inauguration addresses from Democrats and Republicans alike. We chose these particular quotes because they take aim at the issue of global poverty, a cause that ONE and its members have shared with many past presidents. 1. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Second Inaugural Address, 1957 “In too much of the earth there is want, discord, danger… From the deserts of North Africa to the islands of the South...
Around the world girls like Eva make an impossible choice every day: risk their personal safety to get water, or go without.
"More people have access to a mobile phone than a toilet." "1 in 10 people in the word lack access to safe water." Check out our list of the most SHOCKING global poverty facts that we're willing to bet you didn't know.
In this TED talk, social progress expert Michael Green imagines how the Sustainable Development Goals and their vision for a better future can be achieved!
By Razan Azzarkani, ONE Faith Outreach and Mobilization Intern Spiritual leaders have always been at the forefront of social justice issues. Check out these quotes from faith leaders on fighting poverty, practicing compassion, and working towards creating a more equitable world! Abdu’l-Baha (Baha’i Faith) “Hearts must be so cemented together, love must become so dominant that the rich shall most willingly extend assistance to the poor and take steps to establish these economic adjustments permanently.” Abdul Baha; Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons ...
In this new video from Soul Pancake, Kid President shares his infectious positivity, hope, and wisdom about the world's ability to meet the expectations of the Sustainable Development Goals!